Fluid handling and utilizing device



(No Model) G. W. COLE. FLUID HANDLING AND UTILIZING DEVICE.

Pat'ented July 13,1897.

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GEORGE W. COLE, OF ASBURY PARK, NEIV JERSEY.

FLUID HANDLING AND UTILIZING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 586,283, dated July 13,1897.

A li atio {fl d November 18, 1896. Serial No. 612,531, (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE \V. COLE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FluidHandling and Utilizing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a device for holding mucilage, gum, oil, paint,or other fluid; and it consists of a collapsible tube having a removablecap or cover, said cap being provided with a brush or stick, which issecured to its interior and which may be inserted into the mouth of thetube when the cap is put on and will be held by the cap within the tubein a stationary position. The contents of the tube may be forced up tothe brush by collapsing the tube and the brush thus fed with fluid,while at the same time the brush will be normally maintained submergedin the fluid and prevented from hardening.

I have illustrated my invention inthe accompanying drawings, in which Ihave designated the parts by letters, referring to like parts by likeletters.

Figure 1 is a view showing the device partially in section. Fig. 2 is asectional View of the nozzle of the tube, and Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the cap carrying the brush and handle.

A is a collapsible tube, made, preferably, of soft metal suitable forthis purpose. a is a mouthpiece or nozzle for said tube, madepreferably, of a stiff metal or of the same metal as the tube, of athickness sufficient to give it the required stiffness. I have indicatedthis nozzle as a. On the outside of the nozzle a I have provided ascrew-thread a B is a cap intended to fit over and seal the mouthpieceor nozzle of the collapsible tube A, and is made, preferably, in theform indicated and provided on the interior thereof with a screw-threadb to fit the screwthread a.

b is a handle carrying on the end within the cap the brush 6 The otherend protrudes beyond the cap and forms a handle for the brush. I securethis handle within the top of the cap B, as indicated, preferably sitionwithin said hole.

The rod extends within the cap about the length of the cap, and thebrush upon its extremity is of such a size as to pass through the mouthof the tube. When the tube is filled with fluid and the brush insertedinto it through the mouth and the cap screwed in place, the tube will besealed air-tight. If now the tube be compressed, the fluid will flow upto and fill the upper part of the tube and surround the brush. Theresult will be that the brush will be saturated with fluid and at thesame time surrounded byit. The tube once compressed, as by rolling upthe bottom, for instance, will not be unrolled. Thus the fluid willalways remain in the top of the tube, surrounding the brush, and thebrush being always submerged will remain soft. posed to air will notevaporate.

The peculiar novelty of my invention consists of sealing the mouth of acollapsible tube with a cap having a brush protruding from its interioror into the tube, so that when the tube is collapsed the fluid thereinwill be forced up to and surround the brush, saturating it andsubmerging it and maintaining it in this condition.

\Vhatl claim is 1. The combination with a collapsible tube, and a capfor said tube, of a brush suitably secured through the center of saidcap, and protruding into the tube whereby the tube may be rolled up tokeep the brush submerged when not in use, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a collapsible tube, and a cap to close the nozzlethereof with a brush secured through the center of said cap The contentsof the tube not being exand protruding into the tube whereby the 7 tubemay be rolled up to keep the brush submerged when not in use, andadapted to pass into said nozzle, as the cap is secured in position,substantially as described.

3. The combination of a collapsible tube and a cap to close the nozzlethereof with a brush secured through the center of said cap,

York and State of NewYoi'k, this 14th day and protruding into the tubewhereby the of October, A. D. 1896.

tube may be rolled up to keep the brush submerged when not in use, and ahandle se- T cured to the top thereof, said brush adapted GEORGE COLE 5to pass into said nozzle as the cap is secured in position,substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New Vitnesses:

EMMA W. FINLAYSON, EDWARD J. MCGUIRE.

